The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-07
Gen. WoIrord's Canvass.
W. E. Curtis in Chicago News.

| the other day ABOUT the comments
that were customary on the house OF
representatives He said; give been
in congress good while, and have
come to the opinion, from my obser-
walton and experience, that the men
who come here are fair types OF their
constituents. Take Gen. Woford for
example. A good deal OF fun is made
IF him, but he represents fairly the
co Die who sent him here, and the old
man is q singed cat, too. lie is heap
smarter than he looks. have heard
good story OF his campaigning. He
comes from the mountain district,
where no newspapers are published,
where schools are few ard far between,
where the people burn pine knots
Tor light and make moonsnine whisky.
During his campaign the Republicans
sent down from Louisville n highly
educated and thoroughbred gentle
man by the name OF Speed, to make
speeches, and old Wolford challenged
him to Joint debate. 1t took place
in a Free Will Baptist church, and
Speed had the first speech. Most OF
the audience were eX-confederates,
and Speed dilated on the generosity
OF the Republican party toward the
rebels at the close OF the war. He
said that at the surrender Gen. Grant
would not accept Lees sword, that
he gave every confederate soldier
his horse and gun, and that after jeff.
Davis was captured he was not even
tried for treason.
"This suited old Wolford exactly
and when it came his turn to speak
he took Speeds remarks for his text,
denying everything the latter had said.
Why, Teller citizens he explain
cd, me an you know better nor that.
We was thar We know that tn.
honorable gentleman from Looeyville
was lynn when he talke about Gen.
Grant refusing to accept Gen. Lees
sword. We was thar We know,
leller- citizens, that Gen. Grant not on
y tux Gen. Lees sword, but we know
that he melted up the gold scabbard
lur dollars, an that he is now usin'
the blade for a carvin' knife. We was
thar An we know, feller-citizens,
that the honorable gentleman from
Looeyville was lynn when he said that
Gen. Grant gave every confederate his
horse. We was thar We know that
the id Yankees TUX them critters
home with 'em, an are ploughin' with
EN- this very day We was thar!
An we know. feller-citizens, that the
honorable gentleman from Looeyville
was lynn when he said that JEFF.
Davis was let 90. We was thar We
know, ieller-eitizens, that the ID
Yankees hung jeff Davis, for we seen
EN- hang him. We was thar! An
we know, feller.eitizens that they hung
him to n sour apple tree, for we was
thar An we know, feller-citizens,
that il JEFF. Devils was alive this day,
an in this midst he would rise up and
say so, fur he was tharp At this
point in Gen Wolford's discourse Mr.,
Speed rose and said that he had listen
ed to that sort of nonsense long
enough, and protested against his OPP
ponent turning n political discussion
into a ridiculous farce. Every man
in this audience knows, he said, that
Jefferson Davis is alive and unpunish.
ed to day They do, hay" respond
I'd old Wolford. They do, hay2 I'll
bet yer skin they don't, nm feller-cit-
liens you uns think of n jackass
that'll come all tn way from Looey-
vile to try to make you think that
JEFF, Davis the martyr, who is now
singing psalms with the cherrybums in
heaven, is alive an we'll this day? We
know better, Teller. citizens. we was
thar An now, to convince the hon
orable gentleman from Looeyville that
he amt goin' to make any votes by
that sort o. lynn, want to tell him
we was thar We was all thar, feller-
citizens, we was all thar An et he
don't believe it, Teller citizens, l want
every man in this house who was thar
when jeff. Davis was hung, an see him
hung. ter stan up on his legs, an swar
to it.
every man in the audience arose
to his feet, and Wolford looked around
to Judge Speed with look OF triumph
in his eye, and exclaimed You uns
can't come down into this deestrict
with yer id lies, an ef you have got
any more OF 'em We better keep 'em to
tell yer ignorant folks to home
"Judge Speed got a wagon to take
him TO the nearest railway station
that night and abandoned the can
vass."